David Swift is an Innocent Man He Did Not kill Karen Swift Says PI Bill Warner Judge Hayes Dismisses Voluntary Manslaughter Charge Today! DYER COUNTY, Tenn. Monday March 17, 2025. A judge dismissed a voluntary manslaughter charge on Monday against David Swift of Dyersburg TN, who was previously found not guilty of murdering his wife. Dyer County District Attorney General Danny Goodman Jr. confirmed to ABC24 that Judge Mark Hayes filed his decision to grant the defense's motion on March 17 based on the statue of limitations. "I never raised a hand on nobody, now or ever," David said to ABC News' Juju Chang last year. "And I certainly wouldn't do it to my wife or the mother of my children… It's just not my character."
DCSO Dyersburg TN- this morning, Tuesday March 18, 2025, Dyer County Deputies transported David Swift to Alabama. Around 1:30 today, deputies transferred the custody of inmate Swift to the Jefferson County Sheriff in Bessemer, Ala, after being in custody on Murder charges in Tennessee since 08/10/23. David Glen Swift, 55, stands accused of one count of stalking in the first degree in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was arrested by deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. According to Jefferson County Jail records reviewed by Law&Crime, the offense allegedly occurred on July 9, 2023, so the saga continues.
Darrell Sells Mugshot-Indicted Dyersburg TN he is or was the owner of 14 McDonald's restaurant franchises in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri before his most recent arrest on Witness Intimidation. Dyer County DA Goodman says Darrell Sells faces possible sentencing of 1-6 years in prison. The Witness Intimidation arrest links to the current David Swift Murder - Manslaughter Trial in Dyersburg TN. Darrell Sells first became a McDonald's owner in 1995 in Trenton, Tennessee. Darrell Sells has prior arrest for electronic stalking in Dyersburg TN. Will the current arrest of Darrell Sells affect his association with the squeaky clean reputation (image) of McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's restaurant owners (franchisee) are subject to a thorough background check, which includes a criminal history review, meaning any significant criminal convictions could disqualify you from owning a franchise; the specific requirements may vary depending on location and the severity of the offense, but generally, serious crimes like violent felonies or crimes related to fraud or dishonesty are likely to be problematic. WHY HAS DARRELL SELLS IN DYERSBURG TN CONTINUED TO CALL ME WITH THREATS? HEAR HIS VOICE ON YOUTUBE CLICK HERE
TRICKS OF THE TRADE CHEATER SITES DYERSBURG TN. (WMC) - Dyer County Court requests browser history to be allowed in David Swift trial. The state of Tennessee has filed a new motion to admit evidence in the trial of David Swift. A motion in limine was filed to allow the browser history of a laptop found in Swift’s bedroom to be used in court. The history showed the laptop accessed Match and Adult Friend Finder 175 times between October 31 and November 10 (11 days), while using private browsing (looking for Karen Swift's profile). TBI Special agents say David Swift was the password-protected user of the laptop. TRICKS OF THE TRADE; Private investigators use dating sites like Match and Adult Friend Finder to find cheaters and swinger spouses for their clients. I have browsed hundreds of member profiles on Adult Friend Finder to find a photo of a cheating wife, in a single day. Simply join the site to look for a wife or girlfriend who is cheating by using the Adult Friend Finder 'search for members' and match the members photos to current photo of the cheating wife. Simply indicate on the Adult Friend Finder browser site, looking for female, 32 to 47 years old, blonde hair, athletic build, 20 mile radius of your location and look at profiles with photos. After you browse perhaps a hundred or so profiles, you should match photos and find the cheating spouse using a fake name like what Karen Swift might have done. I was in communication with David Swift during most of 2014, I told him that one way to find cheaters and swingers was to scroll dating sites member profile photos, just join the sites. This is what David Swift was doing on Oct 31st, 2011 to Nov 10th, 2011, (11 days) looking to find his wife Karen Swift's profile photo who at that time had simply disappeared! Can't believe that Dyer County Sheriff's Dept and TBI special agents are unaware of this PI trick to find people on dating sites using fake names?
BUSTED LOL, DARRELL SELLS ARRESTED IN DYERSBURG TN! Darrell Sells Dyersburg TN Arrested Witness Intimidation Feb 11 2025, What About Darrell Sells Calls to Me, see link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NCsluhkbM ? Dyer County TN Grand Jury indicts Darrell Sells on charges of Retaliation for Past Action following investigation into witness intimidation. RACHEL TOWNSEND Managing Editor Dyersburg State Gazette Newspaper wrote on Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 at 5:03pm. Darrell Sells, 86, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on charges of Retaliation for Past Action, according 29th District Attorney General Danny Goodman. The indictment follows the investigation of an incident that occurred in late January 2025 involving Darrell Sells and former witness Christopher Naifeh in the David Swift Murder Trial at Abe's Steakhouse in Dyersburg TN. DA Goodman says Darrell Sells faces possible sentencing of 1-6 years in prison.
UPDATE Feb 19th, 2025; Dyer County District Attorney Danny Goodman to recuse himself from Sells case; Court date set for March 11 for Witness Intimidation. McDonald's Franchise Owner Darrell Sells appeared in Dyer County Circuit Tuesday, February 18, for an arraignment hearing on charges of Retaliation for Past Action. Darrell Sells was indicted by the Grand Jury following an investigation of an incident that occurred in late January involving Sells and a witness in the 2024 David Swift Trial, Christopher Naifeh. Outlined the indictment, Naifeh alleges Sells threatened to harm him in retaliation for his actions as a witness during the Swift Trial. In the sixth day of the Swift Trial, Naifeh testified that he observed Sells in the area of the Bogota cross following the disappearance of Karen Swift on October 30th 2011. The body of the victim, Karen Swift, was later found near the cross and Bledsloe Cemetery on December 10th, 2011. AND; Eyeball witness Dustin Swift, the son of murdered Karen Swift, claims he also saw and spoke to Darrell Sells in the days after Karen went missing on Oct 30th, 2011 near Bledsoe Cemetery where Sells was using a metal detector. This incident supposedly occurred months before the body of Karen Swift was found at the cemetery location on Dec 10th, 2011. So two different eyeball witnesses, Christopher Naifeh and Dustin Swift, saw and/or talked to Darrel Sells as he was nosing around with a metal detector in the exact spot where the nude body of Karen Swift was found amongst the kudzu weeds next to Bledsoe Cemetery on December 10th, 2011 in Dyersburg TN. Darrell Sells was there in October 2011 and most likely again in November 2011, well BEFORE the nude body of Karen Swift was discovered in December 2011. Dustin Swift spoke to Darrell Sells near Bledsoe Cemetery in the days after Karen Swift went missing on October 30th, 2011, what the hell was Sells actually doing at the crime scene the murder site? Darrell Sells was never a person of interest (POI) in the murder of Karen Swift so says his BFF and golfing buddy Dyer County DA Danny Goodman, who has now recused himself from Darrell Sells case with a Court date set for March 11, 2025 for 'Witness Intimidation', WTF?
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ARTICLE POSTED Jan 24, 2025, David Swift is an Innocent Man He Did Not kill Karen Swift Says Private Investigator Bill Warner, Look Hard at Dyersburg Swinger Network. Sarasota Private Eye Claims Dyersburg Cops Need to Revisit Murdered Karen Swift's Network of Swinger Pals, David Swift is Innocent. David Swift is currently in custody at the Dyer County Jail awaiting re-trial for the death of his former wife Karen Swift. He was found not guilty of 1st and 2nd degree murder at trial. He has pleaded not guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter. David Swift is not guilty in the death of Karen Swift on October 30th, 2011, I know this for a fact as I worked for David Swift as his private investigator in 2014, I saw the evidence, I saw the phone records. This is the story of my 'Tell All Investigation' into the unsolved murder of Karen Swift on/or about Oct 30th 2011, it is a tale of sex, lies, swingers, murder, threats from Darrell Sells, missing video tapes & misbehaving private eyes in Dyersburg TN. I am the only private investigator David Swift had hired before his arrest on the trumped up Murder charges.
CHEATER SITES DYERSBURG TN. (WMC) - Dyer County Court requests browser history to be allowed in David Swift trial. The state of Tennessee has filed a new motion to admit evidence in the trial of David Swift. A motion in limine was filed to allow the browser history of a laptop found in Swift’s bedroom to be used in court. The history showed the laptop accessed Match and Adult Friend Finder 175 times between October 31 and November 10 (11 days), while using private browsing (looking for Karen Swifts profile). Special agents say David Swift was the password-protected user of the laptop. TRICKS OF THE TRADE; Private investigators use sites like Match and Adult Friend Finder to find cheaters and swingers for their clients. I have browsed hundreds of member profiles to find a photo of a cheating wife, in a single day. Simply join site to look for a wife or girlfriend who is cheating by using the Adult Friend Finder 'search for members' and match the members photos to current photo of the cheating wife. Simply indicate on the Adult Friend Finder browser site, looking for female, 32 to 47 years old, blonde hair, athletic build, 20 mile radius of your location and look at profiles with photos, after you browse perhaps a hundred or so profiles, you should match photos and find the cheating spouse using a fake name like what Karen Swift might have done. I was in communication with David Swift during most of 2014, I told him that one way to find cheaters was to scroll dating sites member profile photos, just join the sites. This is what David Swift was doing on Oct 31st, 2011 to Nov 10th, 2011, (11 days) looking to find his wife Karen Swift's profile photo who at that time had simply disappeared! Can't believe that Dyer County Sheriff's Dept and TBI special agents are unaware of this PI trick to find people on dating sites using fake names?
WHY HAS DARRELL SELLS IN DYERSBURG TN CONTINUED TO CALL ME WITH THREATS? HEAR HIS VOICE ON YOUTUBE CLICK HERE ....5,006 views as of February 5th, 2025. Message from cell phone number 731-445-0576 on Youtube video seen above is from Darrell Sells, 85, in Dyersburg TN, he called me on Wednesday September 27th 2023 at 3:49pm seems to be some sort of a veiled threat concerning what appears to be the murder trial of David Swift in Weakley County TN that started on May 28th 2024. Darrell Sells claims "I am a no good yellow belly son of a bitch". David Swift’s attorney, Daniel Taylor, expressed concerns about David Swift receiving a fair trial for the 2011 unsolved murder of his wife Karen Swift in Dyersburg TN. Darrell Sells did not indicate exactly what trial he was talking about in his call to me, but, Darrell Sells 85, appears to think I was on a witness for the David Swift murder trail. Was this call some sort of witness intimidation by Sells? Did Darrell Sells, 85, have access to a witness list for the murder trail of David Swift in Tennessee that started May 28th 2024 and why did he? Back on May 1, 2015, Another Threatening Call Today From 731-285-0998 Dyersburg TN, Caller Was Darrell Sells From His McDonald's Store, Something About Murdered Karen Swift, WTH? Posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications (phone) could land you in jail for up to five years Mr Sells.
PRIOR ARREST DARRELL SELLS: On June 14, 2021 the Dyer County Grand Jury indicted Darrell Sells and former private eye Chasity Brandon on a charge of stalking by electronic communications in Dyersburg TN, arrest was made by Dyer County Sheriff Dept.. According to the indictment, Sells
and Brandon between April 15, 2020 and February 16, 2021, “unlawfully,
knowingly or intentionally took willful course of conduct involving
repeated or continued harassment of [victim] by electronic communication
that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized.
UPDATE MORE PROBLEMS FOR DARRELL SELLS WHO HAS CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 9 YEARS WITH THREATS: Will Darrell Sells be arrested, again? State Gazette News; Jan 28, 2025 at 10:18pm. Dyersburg TN Witness Intimidation. Information began circulating via social media over the weekend regarding a verbal altercation between Darrell Sells and a witness involved in the David Swift Trial. The Dyer County District Attorney's Office has confirmed that an investigation has been opened regarding the incident with Darrell Sells. Few details are available until the investigation concludes. The incident allegedly began outside of Abe's Steakhouse in Dyersburg. Attempts by State Gazette to contact Sells regarding the incident have been left unreturned. More details to come as they are made available.
Tennessee Code § 39-16-507 makes it a crime to coerce a witness to testify falsely or withhold information. A person commits an offense who, by means of coercion, influences or attempts to influence a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding with intent to influence the witness to: Withhold any truthful testimony, truthful information, document or thing. A violation of this section is a Class D felony. Tennessee Code § 39-17-309 protects people from intimidation, harassment, and bodily injury.
Previously: Back on September 7th 2005, STATE GAZETTE WRITES; Darrell Sells has history of threatening people. "Frank Burnett fears death threat by Darrell Sells". Mr. Darrell Sells appears to have a violent temper! Frank Burnett fears death threat by Darrell Sells over loan accounting, says his Attorney Edward K. White III. Dyersburg businessman Frank Burnett is willing to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by Darrell Sells, but needs to be assured Darrell Sells won't harm him, his lawyer Edward K. White III of Nashville, told Dyer County Chancellor J. Steven Stafford during a hearing on Friday. Darrell Sells is the owner of McDonald's franchises in Dyersburg and elsewhere in West Tennessee and Missouri. "When all the dust settles in this case money will be paid by Darrell Sells to Frank Burnett." "Mr. Burnett is not able to participate in his defense," attorney Edward K. White said. "That is caused by Mr. Darrell Sells' death threats to Mr. Burnett, attorney White said the impact of Sells' death threat on Mr. Burnett is real. "The potential for an injurious impact on Frank Burnett and others is real," he said. "I think it is incumbent on the court to determine Mr. Sells' mental condition." "Whether Mr. Darrell Sells is insane or not is not the basis for Mr. Burnett's disorder," attorney Young argued" see https://www.stategazette.com/story/1117082.html
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I have a long history with Darrell Sells dating back to May 1, 2015 when I received a threatening call from Sells calling from landline 731-285-0998 in Dyersburg TN. Darrell Sells was calling me from his McDonald's Stores main office, a lot of name calling spewed from his mouth mostly about murdered Karen Swift, WTH? I found out that Darrell Sells became aware that I had been working for David Swift as his private investigator since June 2014 looking into Karen Swift's background and any connections to a swinger network in Dyersburg TN. I had been provided with her cell phone activity and other legal paper information. I have no knowledge as to who murdered Karen Swift, as I believe nobody really does at this point. The caller on May 1st was an older man, Darrell Sells, who was about 75 years old in 2015. Mr Darrell Sells went off the chain the minute I identified myself at 3:08 pm on May 1, 2015, calling me a lying son of a bitch who is going to get his someday, and that he was going to get me and cause physical harm to me, I hung up. I called back the landline number that registered on my caller ID 731-285-0998 in Dyersburg TN to determine exactly who called. A young woman answered the phone saying, "McDonald's". I asked her if an older man was there as he had just called me on this landline 731-285-0998, she said that would be Mr. Sells and she went and got him. I could hear Darrell Sells swearing as he came to the phone, he picked up the phone and another violent outburst came out of his mouth the minute I told him who I was, I hung up again. I do not have any business interaction with Darrell Sells in Dyersburg TN. I do not know the man, nor do I want to. I have never mentioned the name Darrell Sells on my website, till that day May 1, 2015, so why was he calling and threatening me? Posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications (phone) could land you in jail for up to five years, Mr Sells. Fast forward to Sept 27, 2023 at 3:49 pm and Darrell Sells calls me again, at about the same time as the May 1st, 2015 call, but this time he leaves a threatening message on my voicemail, something wrong with this guy.
I have been involved with the Karen Swift murder case since December 10th, 2011 when her body was found in Bledsoe Cemetery. I went public on CNN Headline News (HLN) on Dec 12th 2011 with my theory of who murdered Karen Swift and it was not her husband David Swift. I was hired in June 2014 to investigate the murder of Karen Swift in Dyersburg TN. Guess what, 13 years later on June 6, 2024 David Swift was found not guilty in the murder of wife Karen Swift, I was right. See, CNN Transcript & Video: ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL Missing Mother, 44, Found Murdered in Tennessee Aired December 12, 2011.
UPDATE; On Tuesday 1/28/2025 someone hired a PI to do surveillance on my house, who hired the PI to spy on the PI in Sarasota Fl. SUV was doing surveillance on my house last couple of days, Sunday 1/26 and Monday 1/27. Most likely this PI was hired by someone in Dyersburg TN. Video of Trash pull the morning of Tuesday Jan 28th, 2025, at 12:09 am, one large bag of garbage taken from my trash can at the curb and put in the back seat of what appears to be a late model Subaru Forester SUV with double sunroof, trash pull is old school cop stuff. The SUV driver appears to be a white male, about 6' tall, athletic build, about 38 to 42 years old, dark hair, most likely lives and works in the Bradenton - Sarasota Fl area, facial hair, possible former law enforcement, most likely a fairly new private investigator in last 3 years, most likely owns private detective agency that advertises online, hope you enjoyed the week old chicken wings, dirtball. See YouTube video of what appears to be a late model Subaru Forester SUV with moonroof
YouTube video; Need to ID driver of SUV who did trash pull at my house on Tuesday Jan 28, 2025 at 12:09 am Sarasota Fl, most likely private investigator who had police training. Most likely this PI was hired by someone in Dyersburg TN. Driver of SUV is a white male approx 38 to 42 years old, dark hair, athletic build, 6 feet tall, facial hair, most likely lives and works in the Bradenton - Sarasota Fl area and drives a late model Subaru Forester SUV with moonroof.
There is a YouTube video of the white male, approx age 38 to 42 years old, facial hair, athletic build, who got out of the SUV in front of my house to do the trash pull at 12:09 am Jan 28, 2025 on Tuesday, old school cop/PI stuff to gain information on a subject. Most likely this PI was hired by someone in Dyersburg TN. All windows blacked out except drivers side window to get surveillance video and photos through glass on what appears to be a late model Subaru Forester SUV with a double moonroof, the trash pull is old school cop/PI stuff. Heads up rookie PI, your supposed to turn off your headlights before you pull up in front of the house where you are going to do the trash pull (also turn off interior lights too) and don't turn the lights back on until your out of sight, moron. We got your number dirtball. Trash pulls are also utilized by identity thief's to obtain vital information from an individual like social security number (SSN), banking information, credit card information, etc, etc, this guy who came to my house at 12:09 am to take my garbage could be an identity thief and/or a PI hired by "someone" in Dyersburg TN to spy on me. Could be the "someone" in Dyersburg TN who hired a PI to spy on me was arrested yesterday, Tuesday Feb 11th 2025, for witness intimidation, LOL.
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Apparently David Swift saw one of my websites or ads about Cheating Spouses and called me to discuss his concerns about his wife Karen Swift and all her secret cell phone activity in 2011. I was hired by David Swift in June 2014 to look into his allegations that Karen Swift was having an affair or affairs and/or involved with a swinger group in Dyersburg TN before she filed for divorce in Oct 2011, she was. I was given several months of her cell phone activity on his carrier's billing for the years 2010 and up to and including October 2011. Her cell phone activity was through the roof. Karen Swift also spent hundreds of dollars on expensive cameras and digital video recording devices, for what use?
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The retrial of David Swift on charges of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Karen Swift will be held on May 12, 2025. David Swift's trial will be moved outside of the Western District of Tennessee away from backwoods gossip fueled Dyersburg TN. Australia would have been a good location for this Kangaroo court trial. The retrial of David Swift will be held in Dickson County, west of Nashville TN, with jury selection slated to begin on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. The decision was made following an appearance by Swift before Circuit Court Judge Mark Hayes Tuesday morning, November 5, from the Dyer County Jail Courtroom. The weapon used to kill Karen Swift on or about the morning of Oct 30th, 2011 in Dyersburg TN penetrated (went in) her skull and left an oblong wound (hole) 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide and about 1/2 inch deep, this weapon was not a baseball bat or a golf club. Dyer County DA Goodman claimed in the 1st David Swift murder trial that David had stomped on Karen Swift's head in the family garage, on the concrete floor, and crushed her head without breaking the skin on the side of her head and that is why they could not find any blood residue on the concrete floor, LOL. DA Goodman's total fabrication and total disregard of the official cause of death in the Medical Examiners Autopsy report is astounding, see report below. Dyersburg injustice, LOL.
DEATHBLOW: Karen Swift cause of death as per the Shelby County Medical Examiner in Memphis TN was an oblong depressed fracture, (broken bones forced into brain), of the right parietal bone and the right temporal bone, measuring 3 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide and about 1/2 inch deep on the right side of the (her) cranium. Inside this oblong shaped area, the cranium is comminuted, and the resulting bone fragments have fallen inside the cranium and into the brain. Hey, Dyer County DA Goodman "Google it", A comminuted skull fracture refers to a skull fracture where the bone is broken into multiple pieces, essentially shattering into splinters, due to a significant impact force; meaning it produces multiple bone fragments at the fracture site. Karen Swift's head wound (hole) size is about 8cm x 4cm which equates to 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide and about 1/2 deep, she was hit on the right side of the head at the temple not on the top of the head. Did Dyer County DA Goodman ever actually read the Medical Examiner's report? Could someone explain to Dyer County DA Goodman that Karen Swift had a hole in the right side of her head and blood would have gushed out of there like a oil geyser, there would have been puddles of blood everywhere on the Swift's garage floor if she was killed there, she was not.
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WREG TV CHANNEL3, BONA'S CLAIM WE ARE NOT SWINGERS IN COURT; I do not have first hand information about all the people who are or were in the Dyersburg TN swinger network in 2011. But Karen Swift was obviously involved in a swingers sex network in Dyersburg TN in the months before her murder on Oct 30th, 2011. A close friend of Karen Swift who, among other things, states that Karen told her that she’d had risky pictures taken with other girls for money. Another close friend of Karen Swift states that she confided in her that she was involved in something she wasn’t proud of (for money). David Swift made it clear during interviews with investigators he did not approve of Karen’s friendship with Cathy and Bill Bona, saying the couple would have nude “hot tub” parties with Karen (but they are not swingers). “I tried to pull Karen out of the situation,” David Swift told investigators on a recording played in court. “I said, listen, it’s not good to be over there. I see what’s going on now.”
The Bona's were questioned just after Karen disappeared on October 30th 2011 by the Dyer County Sheriff Dept, as was David Swift on October 30th 2011, same day Karen disappeared! The Bona's provided DNA samples, and got angry when Dyer County Sheriff investigators asked if the Bona's were swingers. “We don’t operate in this world,” Bill Bona said. “We’ve never been a part of anything like this and it was very uncomfortable and unsettling.” But Karen Swift joined the Bona's on a beach vacation to Gulf Shores AL on the Gulf of Mexico just weeks prior to when she went missing in Oct 2011.
SWINGING DYERSBURG TN CRIME OF PASSION; I do not know who killed Karen Swift, I do not point a finger at any one person in this article, but it appears to me that her involvement in a Dyersburg TN swinger network could have led to her death. Dyersburg Cops Need to Revisit Murdered Karen Swift's Network of Swinger Pals. David Swift is innocent of this crime of passion. In June of 2014 I was hired by David Swift to look into the unsolved murder of his wife Karen Swift. Over the course of the next 6 months (through 2014) I obtained first hand information from David Swift about a swinger type relationship between Karen Swift and Cathy Bona & Bill Bona and others, so he said to me. I knew about the hot tub parties with Karen naked and Karen Swift nude in Cathy Bona's bed way back in 2014! I knew all about the 2 secret cell phones that Karen Swift had besides the one provided by her husband David Swift. Karen Swift had access to at least 3 cell phone at the time of her death in Oct 2011. Married couple Bill Bona and Cathy Bona were friends of Karen, whom she visited frequently, (almost daily). Cathy Bona testified at trial that both David and Karen attended a party at her house where some people were wearing swimsuits, and some were not. Karen was not, she was naked, Cathy Bona said. David Swift did not kill Karen Swift on Oct 30th, 2011, so who did, who was with her on Oct 30th, 2011? In any murder investigation of a woman, cops always look first to the husband and if he is innocent then they move on to any known boyfriends that she was sexually involved with, this is 'COP-101'. Who was Karen Swift having sex with before she was murdered on Oct 30th, 2011? Who was the last man that had sex with Karen Swift on or shortly prior to Oct 30th, 2011? A friend of murdered Karen Swift, Laura Jane, told The Huffington Post: 'They found her Halloween costume in the car on Oct 30, 2011. 'Some other articles of clothing that belonged to Karen Swift - a pair of jeans and a gray zip-up - were found in some brush not far from her car that she had been wearing when she left her house around 5:00am. Karen Swift was found nude with her head bashed in on Dec 10th, 2011 near Bledsoe Cemetery in Dyersburg TN, this was a crime of passion, she was murdered by some jilted lover from the swinger network most likely.
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In the Dyer County sheriff interview recordings, David Swift discussed a party (there were several) at the Bona's where he found Karen Swift naked in bed with Cathy Bona. On another occasion, David Swift found Karen in the Bona home naked with nothing but a towel on, alone with Bill Bona, her benefactor. DCSO recorded interviews where David Swift spoke with deputies about the night of Karen Swift’s disappearance. The footage captured David Swift’s testimony to deputies of his late wife’s social activities, portraying her as a woman who engaged in risky behavior--excessive drinking and risky sexual innuendos, namely while in the company of the Bonas--Cathy and Bill--both of whom were reportedly "close friends' with Karen Swift. Bill Bona testified that he helped his "friend", Karen Swift, file for divorce, gave her money for a lawyer. The Bona's said they loaned Karen Swift $2,000 dollars and a spare cell phone so she could consult a lawyer (or maybe just them). Bill Bona told the court neither he nor his wife were friends with David Swift, who accused Bill Bona of inappropriate conduct his with Karen Swift (sexual relations). David Swift was acquitted of first- and second-degree murder in his wife's Oct 2011 death in June of 2024. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE; David Swift is innocent, his daughter Ashley Swift said on Nov 1st 2024, and she believes her father David Swift is being falsely imprisoned by DA Goodman while awaiting a new trial in backwoods Dyersburg Dyer County TN.
SEX, SEX and MORE SEX. DCSO footage captured David Swift’s testimony to deputies of his late wife’s social activities, portraying her as a person who engaged in risky behavior--excessive drinking and risky sexual innuendos, namely while in the company of the Bonas--Cathy and Bill--both of whom were reportedly very close friends with Karen Swift. In the recordings, David Swift discussed a party allegedly at the Bonas where he found Karen Swift naked in bed with Cathy Bona. He also provided testimony that his wife had shared a hot tub in the nude with others who were attending the hot tub party.
I believe that the so-called anonymous posters on Topix/Dyersburg TN were a coordinated effort by the actual people linked to the murder of Karen Swift to place all blame on David Swift. On March 20, 2012, online gossip was the subject of a story called "Innocent Man's Life Destroyed by Anonymous Topix Poster" on Good Morning America. One thing I have learned in the last 10 years dealing with people living in Dyersburg, Dyer County TN is that one guy, and one guy only, pulls all the strings in Dyersburg. Money talks in Dyer County TN and law and order takes a back seat. Topix Dyersburg is the reason Judge Mark Hayes granted a change of venue request for the trial against David Swift for the murder of Karen Swift. The trial, originally scheduled for January 2024 in Dyer County started May 28, 2024, in Weakley County, about 50 miles northeast of Dyer.
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UPDATE FRIDAY NOV 1ST, 2024...ABC 20/20 and NBC Dateline put a hot spotlight on Dyersburg TN and the Karen Swift unsolved murder and David Swift murder trial, where he was declared not guilty in the murder of his wife Karen. It all boils down to Dyer County TN DA Goodman and Dyer County Sheriff Box had no direct proof of any kind that David Swift murdered Karen Swift, final. Dan Slepian an award winning investigative producer and a 30-year veteran of NBC's venerable news magazine Dateline had contacted me on August 15, 2024 to be part of the "After the Halloween Party" Dateline episode about the unsolved murder of Karen Swift, but I excused myself as I did not want to associate with PI Heather Cohen. I had/been working with PI Heather Cohen for a while on the unsolved Karen Swift murder case after Cohen got her PI license in 2018, but Cohen let/allowed her PI trainee Chastity Brandon steal a bunch of hard copy private information about the Swift case sent from me to Heather Cohen (for her eyes only) that Chastity Brandon sold to others in Dyersburg TN which resulted in Civil Lawsuits in Dyer County Court. PI Cohen had absolutely no security in her office, as it looks like anybody and everybody had access to be secure documents that she kept in her bedroom, what a moron. On November 1st, 2024, Friday night NBC Dateline "After the Halloween Party" trotted out Memphis TN based exotic dancer turned podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen of 'Justice Warriors Investigations' for some reason and gave her a platform to spew her take on the murder of Karen Swift, she had no proof of anything and appears she was just making stuff up, especially about Darrell Sells and his family who should file suit on Cohen, again! Memphis TN based podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen of 'Justice Warriors Investigations' was not hired or paid by anyone linked to the murder of Karen Swift, which she admitted to on air.
Friday Nov 1st 2024 NBC Dateline interviewed podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen, (covered in tattoos), about the murder of Karen Swift and what she supposedly had found. Cohen got sued twice by one of her "suspects',
Darrell Sells during her "investigation". Darrell & Dena Sells with Bentley Quertermous filed $3Mill lawsuit against PI Heather Cohen & Others for Malicious Prosecution Linked to Karen Swift Unsolved Murder. Pleading that “Heather M. Cohen alleged that Darrell Sells and members of his family were involved in the death of Karen Swift.” Ashley Swift the daughter of Karen and David Swift said
of the Memphis TN based podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen of 'Justice Warrior Investigations (JWI)' that Cohen is just looking for her "15 minutes of fame." Tell it like it is Cohen!
NBC Dateline interviewed Darrell Sells and his family and they all claimed the Memphis TN based exotic dancer turned podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen was just making stuff up linking them to the murder of Karen Swift. Maybe Darrell Sells in Dyersburg TN will file another lawsuit on Memphis TN based podcaster/private eye Heather Cohen for her comments on NBC Dateline continuing to link Darrell Sells to the murder of Karen Swift? PI Heather Cohen's public accusations that Darrell Sells or a member of his family links to the unsolved murder of Karen Swift on Oct 30th, 2011 are ridiculous and totally unfounded, no physical proof. The Memphis TN based podcaster/private eye Heather Michelle Cohen certainly was not hired by David Swift or anybody else to investigate the unsolved murder of Karen Swift, I was in June 2014! This ain't a TV show Cohen, it's real life and death!
Dyer County Prosecutor DA Goodman claims in his outrageous opening statement in the David Swift murder trail, that David Swift on the morning of Oct 30th, 2011 went into the bedroom where his wife Karen was sleeping in their home, stripped her down to her panties and then dragged her to their garage where David Swift put Karen Swift down on the concrete floor and stomped on Karen Swift's head with such force that he cracked her skull in two places, there would have been blood spatter everywhere, there wasn't any. Medical examiner Dr. Marco Ross testified to ONE depressed skull fracture on the right side of her head, that he said killed Karen Swift, but said there was no way to determine the weapon. I suppose it could be from a hammer or a baseball bat or even from a possible pistol whipping as the weapon used to cause the ONE depressed skull fracture (bones forced into the brain). Dr. Marco Ross also testified there was no way to determine if she'd been sexually assaulted, she was found nude with her panties pulled down below her knees, most likely she was, one last time. An autopsy report provided to Court TV said Karen Swift died from “blunt force injury of the head”, depressed fracture to the temporal bone on the right side of the head, the temporal bone is the hardest bone in the human body.
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UPDATE FROM 13 YEARS AGO: Unsolved Karen Swift Murder on Oct 30th, 2011 a Tale of Sex, Lies, Missing Video Tapes and Misbehaving Private Eyes in Dyersburg TN. From the beginning of my on-air commentary on December 12th, 2011 on CNN's HLN with Jane Velez Mitchell concerning at the time, the still unsolved murder of Karen Swift, I have been inundated with threats sent to me via email, phone call hang-ups, extreme negative online reviews of my private detective business, attacks by anonymous posters on Topix/Dyersburg (which was a real cesspool), and actual threats communicated to me in cell phone conversations from people in Dyersburg TN, right up to Friday March 1st 2024. If you did or do speak out is support of David Swift's innocence in Dyersburg TN your were putting a real big target on your back. David Swift Murder Trial June 6, 2024: Jury in Dresden TN Decides David Swift Not Guilty of 1st or 2nd Degree Murder and Not Guilty of Attempted Murder of Karen Swift back on Oct 30th, 2011, told you so.
On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, David Swift appeared before Judge Mark Hayes in Dyer County Circuit Court, represented by attorney Daniel Taylor in regards to unsolved murder of Karen Swift. The appearance marked Swift’s second since the June 6 mistrial. During Swift’s last appearance on July 12, Judge Hayes denied Atty. Taylor’s motion to dismiss a second indictment filed against Swift by District Attorney Danny Goodman on charges including aggravated assault and voluntary manslaughter. During the July 30, 2024 appearance, Atty. Taylor filed a motion for an interlocutory appeal from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. DA General Danny Goodman said he had no objection to Atty Taylor filing the motion for an interlocutory appeal, it was eventually denied.
screenshot photo credit WATN Local 24 Memphis TV. WAS LOCAL MEDIA FAIR AND BALANCED IN REPORTING ON WHO DONE IT MURDER IN DYERSBURG TN, HELL NO! TIME FOR NATIONAL TRUE CRIME MEDIA ABC 20/20 AND NBC DATELINE TO PUT A BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON DYER COUNTY TN: On Friday February 19th, 2016, the same day that WATN Local 24 Memphis TV did a story on Dyer County Sheriff Box New Leads In Karen Swift Murder Investigation, Mary Jo Ola a reporter for WATN Local 24 Memphis TV contacted me at 4:32 pm and asked me to do a skype interview concerning the unsolved murder of Karen Swift, I agreed. Mary Jo Ola skyped me at 5:24 pm on Friday February 19th, 2016 and we did a 21 minute interview that she video tape recorded with her videographer. Which turned out to be a complete waste of my time! Mary Jo Ola and her videographer at WATN Local 24 Memphis TV never published the taped for TV 21 minute interview in which I went into great detail about all the circumstantial evidence that I have discovered that indicates David Swift did not kill Karen Swift.
screenshot photo credit WATN Local 24 Memphis TV. WATN Local 24 Memphis TV ran a story from Dyer County Sheriff Box on February 19th, 2016 at 10:26pm that indicated "a number of people have recently come forward with new information" but no update as to who, what, why, when, or where. Did the Dyer County TN Sheriff's Department quash my on camera interview with WATN Local 24 Memphis TV reporter Mary Jo Ola about the unsolved murder of Karen Swift? Looks like the reporter is going to become part of the story. Looks like more missing video tapes in the Karen Swift murder investigation. UPDATE Mary Jo Ola is currently a reporter for WTMJ-TV Milwaukee WI, her contact info https://www.tmj4.com/mary-jo-ola
The 3 Ring Dyer County Court Show Must Go On. DA General Danny's Persecution of David Swift in Dyersburg TN Continues as Atty Daniel Taylor's Motion to Dismiss Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against David Swift Denied. On the other hand on the same day, the Involuntary Manslaughter charge against actor Alec Baldwin was dismissed in New Mexico. UPDATE JULY 12TH, 2024 STATE GAZETTE DYERSBURG TN WRITES: A retrial of David Swift may be in the future, as the Honorable Judge Mark Hayes has issued an order against the dismissal of the 2024 indictment on Swift. As of Friday, July 12, a motion to appeal the order has not been filed. Judge Hayes did order a dismissal of the 2022 indictment. During a hearing on Wednesday, July 3, David Swift’s attorney, Daniel Taylor, filed a motion asking the courts to dismiss the 2022 indictment against Swift, as well as the superseding indictment filed in 2024. Judge Hayes’s order was filed with the Dyer County Circuit Court on July 11. According to the order, the courts failed to locate a case “which contains all of the issues presented by the defense”. The order states that Swift will not be able to be tried on charges of 1st or 2nd-degree murder/attempted murder, as he has already been acquitted of those charges. As voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges were not ruled on during the mistrial, double jeopardy does not apply. Since David Swift established residency outside of Tennessee during years ranging from 2014-2016, Judge Hayes ordered that the statute of limitations for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault are still valid. Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box put on his "peaky blinders" and has stayed laser focused on David Swift as the one and only suspect in the unsolved murder of Karen Swift from day one!
This whole Dog and Pony show put on by Dyer County TN DA General Danny to convict David Swift of something, anything became fodder for true crime shows on network TV, with Dateline NBC and ABC 20/20 doing shows in November 2024. "Dog and pony show" is a colloquial term which has come to mean a highly promoted, often over-staged performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince a jury or for political gain. DA General Danny's antics made good copy for the gossip columnists, podcasts and bloggers from Memphis TN to Dyersburg TN, where's Topix when you need it, LOL. David Swift is wrongly accused of murder of wife Karen Swift. In America everyone is PRESUMED INNOCENT of a crime until proven Guilty in a Court of Law however in Dyersburg, Dyer County TN you are presumed Guilty by the Court of Public Opinion until proven innocent no matter how many trials you have to endure.
UPDATE June 6th 2024, David Swift Murder Trial: Jury in Dresden TN Decides David Swift Not Guilty of 1st or 2nd Degree Murder Not Guilty Attempted Murder, TOLD YOU SO. The jury can not come to a conclusion on all the other bogus charges like voluntary manslaughter filed against David Swift so Judge Mark Hayes called a mistrial.
May 28th, 2024 Prosecutor Goodman claims in his opening statement Tuesday, that David Swift on the morning of Oct 30th, 2011 went into the bedroom where his wife was sleeping in their home, stripped her down to her panties and then dragged her to their garage where David Swift put Karen Swift down on the concrete floor and stomped on Karen Swift's head with such force that he cracked her skull in two places, causing depressed skull fractures to the temporal bone on the right side of the head, the the hardest bone in the human body, there would have been blood spatter everywhere and Karen Swift would have been heard screaming all the way. No blood spatter was ever found, because it NEVER HAPPENED!
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Prosecutor Goodman prefaced his damming opening statement about David Swift stomping on the head of Karen Swift by admitting there was no trace of DNA or Blood or Fluids belonging to Karen Swift found in, or, on the concrete floor of the garage and no DNA or Blood or any Body Fluids were found in her car that was supposedly used to transport her lifeless body to Bledsoe cemetery, just gossip. DA Goodman also admitted he had no murder weapon, no true crime scene and no eyeball witness to any of the things he claims David Swift did on the morning of Oct 11, 2011, just gossip. WOW talk about an oxymoron type of opening statement from the DA. He killed her, crushed her skull, she was naked but No Blood or DNA or Body Fluids were found on the concrete floor of the garage or in Karen Swift's car and nobody saw anything? This would have been two extremely messy crimes to clean up (garage and car). Newsflash for Mr. D.A., when humans die from severe head trauma such as a crushed skull, there is massive blood loss and body fluids (urine) will leak out. Clear fluid (Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless fluid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord) will also leak from your nose or ears. And there was no trace of any of blood or body fluids or DNA found on the Swift's garage floor or in Swift's car after at least 3 search warrants executed by law enforcement including TBI. So why are we here at this Kangaroo Court Spectacle based on local gossip?
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May 31, 2024 David Swift murder trial Dresden TN Day 4; Two different reporters testified they interviewed David Swift in the years since his wife's murder and he told them he had hired a private investigator and discovered new facts but would not reveal what he had learned.
At a meeting in December 2014 in Arkansas David Swift told Mike Smith the former publisher for the Dyersburg State Gazette newspaper that he had hired a private investigator. So what, I had consulted with David Swift and agreed with his lawyer to go public about hiring me. During testimony May 31st, 2024 Mike Smith the former publisher of State Gazette Newspaper in Dyersburg TN, he told DA Goodman that David Swift had hired a private investigator in 2014. NEWS Dyersburg State Gazett; David Swift breaks his silence Friday, October 31, 2014 story by MIKE SMITH, It was years ago when 44-year-old Karen Swift, mother of four, went missing. Though an extensive investigation immediately followed Swift's disappearance concerning her whereabouts, it was nearly six weeks later before her body was found near Bledsoe Cemetery in Dyer County. Karen Swift filed for divorce on Oct.10, three weeks prior to her disappearance, but continued to live at the residence with her husband, David Swift, on Willie Johnson Road until she disappeared. Though investigators with the Dyer County Sheriff's Office have spent the last three years gathering evidence, as of today no charges have been filed in the case. No suspects or persons of interest have been named, and the case is yet to be turned over to the district attorney in order for a decision to be made as to whether there is enough evidence to charge and prosecute someone involving Swift's murder. During the last three years, Swift's husband has remained silent concerning the circumstances surrounding his wife's death, until now.
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ARTICLE FROM 2015 STILL RELEVANT; Maybe David Swift DIDN’T kill Karen Johnson Swift - 'The Context Of Things', which quotes private investigator Bill Warner. see https://thecontextofthings.com/2015/01/12/karen-johnson-swift-case/ via @tedbauer2003
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Mike Smith the former publisher of State Gazette Newspaper in Dyersburg TN published a very negative op-ed piece on David Swift in Oct 2020 and favorably spoke of an local individual who rumors had linked him to Karen Swift. Though district attorney Goodman has the case before him, in order to charge someone for the murder, there has to be enough evidence to present to the grand jury to obtain an indictment. Goodman and staff get one chance at this, so everyone should completely understand the delay in charging a suspect. As one of the only people to ever interview David Swift, the husband of Karen, it’s time to share a few thoughts regarding the case, without damaging the investigation in any way, shape, or form. Three years after the murder, David Swift agreed to sit down with me for an interview. I felt I was thoroughly prepared with a number of questions, so I traveled to Arkansas to meet him at a location he approved of for the interview. Prior to the interview, I had never met Swift. We had lunch and I began to ask questions, lots of them. The thing I was most interested in was the night Karen went missing, and it was something Swift did not want to discuss. To this day it is something I still don’t understand, and I’ll explain why. If it was my wife and I had nothing to do with it, I would have been at the sheriff’s office every day wanting to know the progress regarding my wife’s murder. Not just every now and then, but every single day Sheriff Jeff Box would have had to see my face and deal with me on the progress of the investigation. Understanding in most cases such as this the first one looked at is the husband, I would have done whatever necessary to rule myself out of the crime, again, if indeed I had nothing to do with it. I wouldn’t need a lawyer because I hadn’t done anything wrong. I would have agreed to take a polygraph or anything else law enforcement needed me to do to rule me out as a suspect, David Swift did not.
photo credit - Dyersburg State Gazette news/ Rachel Townsend.
DAY 4, May 31st, 2024 murder trail of David Swift Dresden TN. OMG! Tire Technology Expert Gary Bolden presented his, LOL, technical drawing of how the sheet metal screw got into the tire of the 2004 Nissan Murano SUV driven by murdered Karen Swift on Oct 30th, 2011. This was presented as evidence during the murder trail of her husband David Swift in backwoods Dresden TN. Looks like a doughnut shop sign pointing in the direction of the eats. LOL, You've got to be kidding me!
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Karen Swift's 2004 Nissan Murano SUV had P235/65R18 radial tires. The screw found in the tire of Karen Swift's car appears to be a rusty #10 pancake head metal-to-wood screw zinc plated. Pancake screws are distinguished by their round, low-profile heads, which make them the ideal choice for fastening panel clips to wood in barns, along with many other applications, like building carports and working on roofing projects. All radial tires are self sealing to some extant they will seal around the shank of a screw or a nail, like in actual photo above from the tire that went flat on Karen Swift's car. Such a condition will result in a slow leak for days if not weeks. Nails and screws should be left in until you get the tire replaced, they act like a plug keeping the air in the tire.
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The David Swift murder trail in backwoods Dresden, Weakley County TN reminds me of the comedy/mystery Movie: My Cousin Vinny, another kangaroo court spectacle. It had all the elements, a backwoods sheriff trying to railroad two innocent 'yutes' of a murder at a convenience store that they did not commit along with two bumbling, fumbling lawyers. 'Judge Chamberlain Haller: Uh... did you say "yutes"? Vinny Gambini: Yeah, two yutes'. During the backwoods murder trial of the 'yutes' the bumbling DA prosecutor provided no true eyeball witness, there was no weapon found, there was no blood on the supposed 'yutes' or in their car.
WBBJ Eyewitness News 7 Reported: The murder trial in the State of Tennessee v. David Swift to start May 28th 2024 in Weakley County. David Swift is charged with premeditated first degree murder in the October 2011 killing of his wife, Karen Swift in Dyersburg TN. The Swifts were residents of Dyer County. Karen was reported missing on October 30, 2011 — approximately three weeks after she had filed for divorce from David. The body of Karen Swift was later discovered in December that year by hunters near a cemetery in Dyersburg. David Swift was arrested and indicted for the murder in August 2022 — more than a decade later — and has plead not guilty. Due to a change of venue request, the trial has been moved to Weakley County, and will take place at the courthouse located at 116 West Main Street in Dresden in the circuit courtroom. Jury selection began on Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 and the trial is expected to last approximately two weeks.
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I don't have any business dealings with this 85 year old man Darrell Sells in Dyersburg TN, never did, but I thought it best to publish his voicemail posted on my business cell phone line on Wednesday September 27th 2023 at 3:49pm. An interpretation of Darrell Sells voicemail message could be seen as witness intimidation, if I really am on a witness list for the murder trail of David Swift. Darrell Sells, 85, called me from cell phone number 731-445-0576, the number may or may not belong to him, it does.
UPDATE on Friday March 1st, 2024 at 12:24 PM got a call from (731) 285-0285 Dyersburg TN, caller hung up before I could answer, I waited for voicemail, no message. I called the Dyersburg TN number (731) 285-0285 and it belongs to McDonald's Offices in Dyersburg TN, the recorded answer offers you to dial #3 for Darrell Sells, why does the harassment continue from this man? The listed phone number for McDonald's Offices in Dyersburg TN is (731) 285-0032. A reverse search of the Dyersburg phone number that called me, (731) 285-0285, reveals no listing, it is an unlisted phone number on the McDonald's Offices exchange of (731) 285 XXXX.
NOTE: Witness intimidation is the act of attempting to improperly influence, alter or prevent the testimony of witnesses within criminal or civil proceedings. In Tennessee court Code Title 39 Criminal Offenses § 39-16-507 a person commits an offense who, by means of coercion, influences or attempts to influence a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding with intent to influence the witness. Tennessee Code § 10-7-504 (2021) - Confidential Records. A court order protecting the confidentiality of certain information issued upon the request of a district attorney general to a victim or witness in a criminal trial. In the United States Court, the federal crime of witness tampering is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C.§ 1512.
In 2021 Darrell Sells filed a Lawsuit on David Swift and others for Defamation relating to a complaint David Swift filed with the Tennessee Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission about private eye Chastity Brandon. Mr. David Swift had an interest in protecting himself and his family from private investigator July 30, 2024 who was acting unlawfully and harassing him and his minor children. Further, as a victim of Ms. Chastity Brandon’s improper campaign and unsanctioned investigative tactics, which ran afoul of applicable professional regulations, see Ex. 1 p. 16–18 recommending that Ms. Chastity Brandon’s license be voluntarily surrendered, revoked due to her misbehavior, Mr. David Swift acted in good faith to alert the appropriate regulatory authority that was empowered to take action. Put another way: Mr. Swift filed a complaint in good faith in order to ensure that Ms. Chastity Brandon was held accountable for her professional misconduct, and upon review of that complaint by the regulatory authority that was responsible for licensing Ms. Chastity Brandon, she was. Consequently, even if Mr. Darrell Sells could establish a prima facie case for defamation, Mr. David Swift’s statements to the Tennessee Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission were protected by the qualified common interest privilege, and the TPPA compels their dismissal as a result. The respondent Chastity Brandon is subject to discipline for failure to cooperate with our investigation. The respondent also appears to be subject to discipline for running an investigation company without licensure for that company, for making public statements that are not completely truthful, and revealing information for a client obtained in an investigation for another client. Therefore the recommendation would be to authorize formal charges, and offer to settle this matter with voluntary license revocation of Chastity Brandon.
14 years ago Karen Swift was reported missing on Oct. 30, 2011, (murdered same day). 13 years ago was my first public mention of, at the time, missing Karen Swift from Dyersburg TN was on a True Crime Series called ‘GONE’ on CNN HLN TV on Nov 18, 2011. I was investigating, on my own, Karen Swift's disappearance along with several other missing white, blond, look-a-like females. Nov 18, 2011 CNN HLN News VIDEO with PI Bill Warner discussing Missing Karen Swift. 
TEXT FROM CNN: CNN Headline News (HLN) and Jane Velez-Mitchell new series called ‘GONE’. On Friday November 18, 2011, I was on CNN Headline News (HLN) with Jane Velez-Mitchell talking about, at the time, missing Karen Swift, Holly Bobo, Lauren Spierer and Paige Johnson. Karen Swift's son Preston Swift was also on the same CNN show on November 18, 2011.
PI Bill Warner: Today there are at least 12 petite white females who all look-a-like with long blond hair who have been murdered, kidnapped or listed as 'missing' and there is not one suspect or person of interest named in any of their cases.
JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL: And the theory that there might be a connection was first brought to our attention by private investigator Bill Warner, who joins us tonight. Bill, have you been, I think, checking this out, and you have apparently found out that three of these five women`s cell phones have not been found. Do you have any new information for us that might give us an idea of whether these cases are connected.
PI BILL WARNER: Well, I want to go back to what Preston Swift just said concerning his mother`s cell phone, and it appears they pinged it at 5 a.m. on this Google search, and it was 12 miles away from the home. The car was found about a half a mile away from the home. Kind of indicates that she had gone mobile.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Have police given you any feedback on your theory?
PI BILL WARNER: No. No. There`s no communication there.
18). Private investigator Bill Warner was back on CNN Headline News Jane Velez-Mitchell's show GONE on December 12th, 2011 talking about the unsolved cases of 12 missing (or murdered) petite blond females and now the murder of Karen Swift whose body was found 12 years ago on Dec 11, 2011 in Dyersburg TN, see VIDEO. At this time, Dec 12, 2011, I further stated my suspicion that Terry Britt was involved in the abduction and murder of Karen Swift in Dyersburg TN and the abduction of Holly Bobo in Darden - Parsons TN. Later after the body of Holly Bobo out of Darden TN was found and the TBI "initially"named sex offender Terry Britt as a suspect in the abduction and murder of Holly Bobo.
CNN Transcript: ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL Missing Mother, 44, Found Murdered in Tennessee Aired December 12, 2011 - 19:00 ET
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Good evening, I`m Jane Velez-Mitchell coming to you live from New York City. Now, Karen Swift vanished six weeks ago after returning from a Halloween party after midnight. Her car was found later with a flat or slashed tire, depending on who you talk to, along a main highway less than a mile from her home. Karen had just filed for divorce three weeks earlier, and she was still living with her estranged husband. Police have not named David Swift a suspect. But when a woman vanishes right after filing for divorce, police normally try to rule the husband out first. Shortly after Karen vanished, their son insisted his dad had absolutely nothing to do with his mom's disappearance.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Right. And we are -- again, Karen`s husband is not considered a suspect. And we`re going to read his statement in a second. But if we don`t get to examine these situations and learn something from them, hypothetically, then we really are doing the viewers a disservice. And I think it would be fair -- you`re an expert -- to say, "Hey, unless absolutely there`s no other alternative, don`t live with your husband during the divorce. Not a good idea." Now I want to go to Bill Warner, who`s a private investigator, who has a totally different theory on this case, one that has actually nothing to do with any family member. Bill Warner, you find it very significant that Karen`s body was found near a cemetery. Why is that?
VELEZ-MITCHELL: OK, that`s near. Just so you know, it`s near. So...
BILL WARNER: ... Harness Road. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) The problem I have, is that I was aware earlier in the year in -- from January through March 2011, that there was a supposed serial killer in the Memphis Tennessee area who killed four women and dumped in or near their bodies in a cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, the Mount Carmel Cemetery. I find this a little disturbing, being only maybe an hour and a half way from Dyersburg Tennessee. As far as my involvement is all of these missing blond look-a-like female cases goes, I work alone, my theories are my own and I do not consult with anyone before I published my articles which have been featured in numerous newspapers online. I first spoke publicly about five missing petite blond females on CNN Headline News back on Friday Nov. 18th, 2011 and at that time it included Karen Swift before it became known she had been murdered.
11 years later on Aug 8, 2022 — A Dyer County grand jury indicted David Swift Monday afternoon on a charge of pre-meditated first-degree murder in the death of his wife Karen Swift.
Private investigator Bill Warner was back on CNN Headline
News Jane Velez-Mitchell's show GONE on December 12th, 2011 talking
about the unsolved murder of Karen Swift whose nude body was found on
Dec 10th, 2011 in Dyersburg TN, with her panties pulled down. Karen Swift was beautiful, her photo above, she had shoulder length blonde hair. CNN Jane Velez-Mitchell, "Bill
Warner, you find it very significant that Karen`s body was found near a
cemetery". There is a little dirt road that separates where Karen Swifts body
was found in Dec 2011 and from where the headstones are in the old Bledsoe cemetery. It's within 30, 40 feet.
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